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#587 - Rory Sutherland - 19 Of Human Behaviour's Weirdest Quirks
Modern Wisdom
Didn't the Space Shuttle Have a Long Runway?
You can still leave London fairly early and get into New York at what would it be? Didn't they need to reinforce runways? Wasn't there an issue with runways that the tyres were sinking into them because of the pace or the weight perhaps? It was a very high landing speed if I'm right. You also get this slightly weird thing where you get freakishly long runways where you don't expect them in places like St Morgan which is Nukee Airport. The pain of getting to an airport really adds three hours to the beginning of any long haul flight unless you live spectacularly close to Heathrow, he says.
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